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2.

In the address field of the web browser, enter

www.routerlogin.net

or

www.routerlogin.com

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup

.

5.

In the

MTU Size

field, enter a value from 64 to 1500.

6.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your change is saved.

If you suspect an MTU problem, a common solution is to change the MTU to 1400. If you are

willing to experiment, you can gradually reduce the MTU from the maximum value of 1500

until the problem goes away. The following table describes common MTU sizes and

applications.

Table 2.

Common MTU sizes

MTU

Application

1500

The largest Ethernet packet size. This setting is typical for connections that do not use

PPPoE or VPN and is the default value for NETGEAR routers, adapters, and switches.

1492

Used in PPPoE environments.

1472

Maximum size to use for pinging. (Larger packets are fragmented.)

1468

Used in some DHCP environments.

1460

Usable by AOL if you do not have large email attachments, for example.

1436

Used in PPTP environments or with VPN.

1400

Maximum size for AOL DSL.

576

Typical value to connect to dial-up ISPs.

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4.

Optimize Performance

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Prioritize Internet Traffic with Quality of Service

•

Optimize Internet Gaming with Upstream QoS

•

Optimize Internet Streaming with QoS

•

Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service

•

Improve Network Connections with Universal Plug and Play

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Prioritize Internet Traffic with Quality of Service

You can use Quality of Service (QoS) to assign high priority to gaming and streaming video

from the Internet.

Figure 4. You can prioritize downstream traffic, upstream traffic, or both

Optimize Internet Gaming with Upstream QoS

Upstream Quality of Service (QoS) assigns high priority to Internet traffic from your Xbox

gaming system.

Best effort traffic

High priority traffic

Internet

Figure 5. Upstream QoS assigns high priority to gaming traffic from your Xbox

NETGEAR recommends that only gamers enable the Upstream QoS feature. If you do not

game and you turn on this feature, some applications might not perform as well as usual.

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

To enable upstream QoS:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

In the address field of the web browser, enter

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup

.

5.

Select the

Enable Upstream QoS (Optimized for Gaming)

check box.

6.

Specify the maximum uplink bandwidth for your Internet connection:

•

If you know what your uplink bandwidth is, type it in the

Uplink bandwidth Maximum

field.

•

If you are not sure, click the

http://www.speedtest

link.

Speedtest verifies the upstream speed of your Internet connection. The

Uplink

bandwidth Maximum

field displays the result of the test.

7.

Click the

Apply

button.

The router assigns a high priority to Internet traffic from your gaming devices to the

Internet.

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Optimize Internet Streaming with QoS

You can use Quality of Service (QoS) to assign high priority to Internet streaming,

applications, and services.

Best effort traffic

Internet

High priority traffic

Figure 6. QoS can assign high priority to streaming from the Internet

NETGEAR recommends that you enable this feature only if you use streaming Internet.

When QoS assigns a high priority to streaming video, it also assigns lower priority to the rest

of your Internet traffic. That means other tasks like downloading content from the Internet

take longer.



To enable QoS for Internet access:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

In the address field of the web browser, enter

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup

.

5.

Select the

Turn Internet Access QoS On

check box.